§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Prime Minister if he will set out the considerations which led the Cabinet Secretary not to interview Mohamed Al-Fayed in his investigations into allegations of improper behaviour by Government Ministers.
§ The Prime MinisterThe Cabinet Secretary indicated his reasons in his report, which I published on 25 October 1994,Official Report, columns 521–22, and I have nothing further to add.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Prime Minister if the Nolan committee will be interviewing Mohamed Al-Fayed in its examination of standards in public life; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Prime MinisterIt is for the Committee on Standards in Public Life to decide whom it wishes to invite to give oral evidence.